Giobbe (ايوب) 33

SMITH VAN DYKE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 ولكن اسمع الآن يا ايوب اقوالي واصغ الى كل كلامي.	1 So, Job, please listen to my words and attend to al I have to say.
2 هانذا قد فتحت فمي. لساني نطق في حنكي.	2 Now as I open my mouth, and my tongue shapes words against my palate,
3 استقامة قلبي كلامي ومعرفة شفتيّ هما تنطقان بها خالصة.	3 I shal utter words of wisdom from the heart, my lips will speak in all sincerity.
4 روح الله صنعني ونسمة القدير احيتني.	4 God's was the spirit that made me, Shaddai's the breath that gave me life.
5 ان استطعت فاجبني. احسن الدعوى امامي. انتصب.	5 Refute me, if you can. Prepare yourself, take up your position!
6 هانذا حسب قولك عوضا عن الله انا ايضا من الطين تقرصت.	6 Look, I am your equal, not some god, like you I was moulded out of clay.
7 هوذا هيبتي لا ترهبك وجلالي لا يثقل عليك	7 No fear of me, therefore, need affright you, my hand wil not lie heavy over you.
8 انك قد قلت في مسامعي وصوت اقوالك سمعت.	8 How could you say in my hearing -- for the sound of your words did not escape me-
9 قلت انا بريء بلا ذنب. زكي انا ولا اثم لي.	9 'I am clean, and sinless, I am pure, without fault.
10 هوذا يطلب عليّ علل عداوة. يحسبني عدوا له.	10 But he keeps inventing excuses against me and regards me as his enemy.
11 وضع رجليّ في المقطرة. يراقب كل طرقي	11 He puts me in the stocks, he watches my every path'?
12 ها انك في هذا لم تصب. انا اجيبك. لان الله اعظم من الانسان.	12 In saying so, I tel you, you are wrong: for God is greater than any human being.
13 لماذا تخاصمه. لان كل اموره لا يجاوب عنها.	13 Why then quarrel with him for not replying to you, word for word?
14 لكن الله يتكلم مرة وباثنتين لا يلاحظ الانسان.	14 God speaks first in one way, and then in another, although we do not realise it.
15 في حلم في رؤيا الليل عند سقوط سبات على الناس في النعاس على المضجع	15 In dreams and in night-visions, when slumber has settled on humanity and people are asleep in bed,
16 حينئذ يكشف آذان الناس ويختم على تاديبهم.	16 he speaks in someone's ear, frightens him with apparitions
17 ليحول الانسان عن عمله ويكتم الكبرياء عن الرجل	17 to turn him from what he is doing and to put an end to his pride.
18 ليمنع نفسه عن الحفرة وحياته من الزوال بحربة الموت.	18 And thus he preserves his soul from the abyss, his life from passing down the Canal.
19 ايضا يؤدب بالوجع على مضجعه ومخاصمة عظامه دائمة	19 Or again, he corrects by the sufferings of the sick-bed, when someone's bones tremble continuously
20 فتكره حياته خبزا ونفسه الطعام الشهي.	20 and the thought of food revolts him, however tasty it is,
21 فيبلى لحمه عن العيان وتنبري عظامه فلا ترى	21 and his flesh rots away while you watch it and the bones beneath begin to show,
22 وتقرب نفسه الى القبر وحياته الى المميتين.	22 and his soul is drawing nearer to the abyss and his life to the dwel ing of the dead.
23 ان وجد عنده مرسل وسيط واحد من الف ليعلن للانسان استقامته	23 Then, if there is an Angel near him, a Mediator, one in a thousand, to remind him where his duty lies,
24 يترءاف عليه ويقول اطلقه عن الهبوط الى الحفرة قد وجدت فدية.	24 to take pity on him and to say, 'Spare him from going down to the abyss: I have found the ransom forhis life,'
25 يصير لحمه اغض من لحم الصبي ويعود الى ايام شبابه.	25 his flesh wil recover its childhood freshness, he wil return to the days of his youth.
26 يصلّي الى الله فيرضى عنه ويعاين وجهه بهتاف فيرد على الانسان بره.	26 He wil pray to God who has restored him to favour, and wil come into his presence with joy. He wiltel others how he has received saving justice
27 يغني بين الناس فيقول قد اخطأت وعوجت المستقيم ولم أجاز عليه.	27 and sing this hymn before his companions, 'I sinned and left the path of right, but God has notpunished me as my sin deserved.
28 فدى نفسي من العبور الى الحفرة فترى حياتي النور	28 He has spared my soul from going down to the abyss and is making my life see the light.'
29 هوذا كل هذه يفعلها الله مرتين وثلاثا بالانسان	29 All this is what God keeps doing again and yet again for human beings,
30 ليرد نفسه من الحفرة ليستنير بنور الاحياء.	30 to snatch souls back from the abyss and to make the light of the living stil shine.
31 فاصغ يا ايوب واستمع لي. انصت فانا اتكلم.	31 Pay attention, Job, listen to me: keep quiet, I have more to say.
32 ان كان عندك كلام فاجبني. تكلم. فاني اريد تبريرك.	32 If you have anything to say, refute me, speak out, for I would gladly accept that you are upright.
33 والا فاستمع انت لي. انصت فاعلمك الحكمة	33 If not, then listen to me: keep quiet, and I wil teach you wisdom.